When you think of art materials, you probably picture canvases, paper, paints and pencils. However art is moving into the 21st century and there are now a load of fantastic apps which make creating and keeping up with contemporary art and craft easier than ever.

Sally Lindsay will star in the next Wallace And Gromit outing Former Coronation Street actress Sally Lindsay has been cast in the next outing of Wallace And Gromit. The 35-year-old, who played barmaid Shelley Unwin in the ITV soap, will voice the character of Wallace’s love interest in A Matter Of Loaf And Death. Wallace […]

Wallace and Gromit are getting their own statue They’ve got several Oscars to their names and world-wide fame, so it seems only fair that Wallace and Gromit should get a permanent tribute. Their creator Nick Park is working on designs for a statue of the loveable animated pair in his home city, while council chiefs […]

It’s official: Wallace and Gromit creator Nick Park has the wrongest wrong trousers in Britain. Nick Park, showing off his Wrong Trousers Wearing a dashing outfit on a bicycle in typical Wallace pose, the award-winning film-maker received 26 per cent of the votes in an online poll to find the celebrity owner of the ‘wrongest […]

Can you spot the seven differences between our two Wallace and Gromit stills? And don’t forget to look out your silly trousers for Wrong Trousers Day on June 29. Metro readers can take part by submitting their own photographs of themselves in ‘Wrongest Wrong Trousers’. {2} Readers will be able to vote for their favourite […]

Wallace and Gromit put a smile on the faces of children at King’s College Hospital Wallace & Gromit have completed their national wrong trouser tour in their Wallace-and-Gromit-Mobile handing over £100,000 to children’s hospitals across the country. They finished the trip donating a cheque for £10,000 to Kings College Hospital to fund a multi sensory […]

A record 350,000 people have signed up to help charity on Wrong Trousers Day. The aim is to get one million Britons to wear ‘the wrong trousers’ on June 29. The day, supported by Metro, is inspired by the title of the classic Wallace and Gromit film. Fundraisers will pay £1 for the ‘right to […]

The comic is something of an arts hero Peter Kay has been rated above Leonardo da Vinci in a list of art heroes. A survey asked 18 to 25-year-olds to name the artists who most inspire them from the world of music, dance, literature, film and visual arts. Walt Disney topped the poll and Phoenix […]

Tony Blair met up with Wallace and Gromit yesterday to back Wrong Trousers Day on June 29 when workers can raise cash for children’s hospices by wearing odd garb to work. The event, organised by the Wallace and Gromit Children’s Foundation, is also on the look-out for people with the most ridiculous trousers. Metro readers […]

“Say … cheese!” Wallace and Gromit enjoyed a grand day out to Downing Street today – ensuring they were among the final VIP guests of Tony Blair’s time in power. Nick Park’s Aardman Animations creations were entertained by the Prime Minister as he helped promote Wrong Trousers Day. The charity event on June 29 will […]

He is one of the most revered figures in Tibetan Buddhism, but he is also a 24-year-old who likes the band Black Eyed Peas, eats pizza and watches The Simpsons. And his Holiness Karmapa Thaye Dorje, the Black Hat Lama of Tibet, is helping to draw his religion into the 21st century by launching his […]

Aardman have agreed a three-year deal with Sony Pictures Wallace and Gromit creators Aardman have agreed a three-year deal with Sony Pictures, it was announced today. The animation company had been looking for a new Hollywood partner after its association with US studio Dreamworks came to an end. “We have been huge fans of Aardman […]

HMV’s trademark will feature Aardman Studio’s animated creation Gromit HMV’s famous trademark dog has been replaced – by Nick Park’s animated creation Gromit. Gromit has left behind cheese-loving Wallace to stand beside the iconic HMV gramophone. The new image is based on the original 1898 His Master’s Voice oil painting. It has been painstakingly created […]

Aardman Animations’ Nick Park with cheese-loving Wallace. Shaun the Sheep – the popular character from Wallace and Gromit’s A Close Shave – has been given his own TV series. The woolly star will feature in Aardman’s first series for TV, which will broadcast on CBBC later this year. Created by Nick Park and Aardman Animations, […]